I’m a Celebrity star Kendra Wilkinson may only be 29-years-old, but her recent revelations on the ITV show prove she’s already lived a rollercoaster life.
Just last night she revealed to her stunned campmates that she kept herself drunk or stoned when she was living in the Playboy mansion and had ’60 second’ sex with Hugh Hefner. In the same episode, the star also broke down in tears as she spoke about her estranged husband’s battle with depression and how she wasn’t there for him. But these weren’t the first candid admissions from the mum-of-two.
From a drugs overdose at the young age of 14 to her life as a full-time Playboy bunny, here are more scandalous moments from her past:
She almost died from a drugs overdose at the age of 14
The star almost died after taking a cocktail of drugs and alcohol when she was just 14. The teen, who was addicted to crystal meth, cocaine and LSD, began choking on her own blood as her friends partied around her.
Kendra, now 29, said in her autobiography Sliding Into Home: “My drug habit was turning into a nightmare pretty quickly, and one night soon after, I almost didn’t survive. “Line after line, I just kept going. Usually I knew my limit and stopped myself when I hit it because even though I was a druggie, I was still fearful of anything bad happening.” She said: “I was shaking and choking on the blood that was dripping down my throat. I was in serious trouble, everyone thought I was dying.”
Other revellers refused to call an ambulance or take her to hospital because they did not want to get in trouble. But this came as an eye-opener for the star, who added: “I recovered on my own. I decided I had had enough.” She said the drugs filled a void left by her dad Eric, a wealthy biotechnology businessman, who split with her mum Patti when she was seven and she was sent to live with her maternal grandmother.
Kendra soon quit school. She met a new boyfriend, a Puerto Rican drug dealer named Mario, and would snort cocaine and have sex with him every day, but after her near-death experience she put the drugs behind her.
Kendra slept with Hugh Hefner when she was 18 – he was 78
Earlier this week the blonde revealed how she she first became a girlfriend of Hugh Hefner. She told Mel: "He asked me to be one of his girlfriends and I was like I don’t know what that means but hell yeah I’m there. I was living in the smallest apartment with the ugliest **** and I was praying for anything to get me out of there.”
Mel gasped and asked if Kendra was obligated to have sex with the Playboy boss.
She asked: "I was just curious about the girlfriends because he’s always got more than one and wondered if you have to do him?" Kendra replied: "You’re not obligated it’s your choice.”
Surprised, Foggy asked: "When you say girlfriends, do they all sleep with him then or what?" "Yes… I was only 18 at the time and he was 78."
Her 2005 sex tape was leaked
Kendra made the video with her ex-boyfriend Justin Frye nine years ago, prior to it being leaked in 2010. Speaking about Kendra Exposed shortly after it came to light, the blonde beauty said: "It just had to come out now when I finally cleaned up my life.
"It’s extremely embarrassing. I am a very open person, I am very honest about my life, but a sex tape was definitely not what I wanted in my life. It wasn’t for anybody else’s eyes to see except for ours." But her attitude towards the now infamous video later changed: "The one sex tape is out there is there, and true. Those are people, that was a person who I was going to marry at the time, and I’m a very free, honest person that thought videotaping it would make us closer, which it ended up doing some damage in the long-run.
"I didn’t think I’d end up being famous in my life, and I ended up being famous. So, I have no regrets – it is what it is, you know? I don’t believe in people that judge."
‘I was usually drunk or stoned when I had sex with Hugh’
Lifting the lid on what life was really like in the Playboy mansion, the I’m A Celebrity told her campmates that sex with Hugh Hefner normally lasted around 60 seconds but was a chore for her. She added: “I was usually very very drunk doing those evenings, I tended not to care about much until the next day. I had to be very drunk or smoke l lots of weed to survive those nights. “At about the minute mark, I pulled away and it was done. It was like a job. Clock in, clock out. It’s not like I enjoyed having sex with him.”
Husband Hank allegedly slept with a transsexual model behind her back
After her husband allegedly slept with a transsexual model behind her back, Kendra – who is currently on a break from him while in the jungle – admitted: “It’s going to take a lifetime to trust him again.” She also told Us magazine: “All I can say is I believe Hank. I love Hank. And he’s proven to me that he’s worth forgiving and fighting for.
“He was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and unfortunate things took place. He’s very gullible and naive.” Meanwhile, Kendra’s father Eric said: “I talked with Hank in LA before I came to Australia and he is totally pining for her. They’ve never been apart for this long before. I would like to see them back together. They are wonderful together and I love them both dearly. “They both love their kids. You can’t separate Little Hank and Hank.
She reveals she wasn’t there for husband Hank
This week, the mum-of-two also cried over her husband Hank’ Baskett‘s “severe depression” to her other campmates, revealing that she feels that she “wasn’t there for him”. The former Playboy bunny was asked if she had any regrets, to which she replied: “The only thing I can really say is not paying attention to severe depression with my husband, I wished to god I had.”
As the star began to cry, she said: “There is such a thing as depression you know and even a big guy like you, you have to hear people’s cries and I didn’t.
“He came to bed so many times crying and I wasn’t there for him.”